# Translog files cause OutOfDiskSpace **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 10, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translog-files-cause-outofdiskspace/5547 "2011-10-10T07:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OlgaT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@OlgaT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/OlgaT)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translog-files-cause-outofdiskspace/5547/1 "2011-10-10T07:50:51Z")
Hi, We have problem with translog files - the old files are not removed and after running the server for several days, we get OutOfDiskSpace exception. Is this the default/normal behavior? Is there any way to configure the ES to avoid this problem. Thanks, Olga ---
**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Deveze](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/benjamin_deveze/32/1577_2.png) [@Benjamin\_Deveze](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Benjamin_Deveze)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translog-files-cause-outofdiskspace/5547/2 "2011-10-10T09:01:55Z")
Which version of ES are you using? I think that before ES 0.17.5 old transaction log files were not removed when flushing. ---
**Author:** ![OlgaT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@OlgaT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/OlgaT)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translog-files-cause-outofdiskspace/5547/3 "2011-10-10T09:17:43Z")
We use 0.17.4. We will try the newer version On Oct 10, 11:01 am, Benjamin Devèze [benjamin.dev...@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.dev...@gmail.com) wrote: > Which version of ES are you using? I think that before ES 0.17.5 old > transaction log files were not removed when flushing. ---
**Author:** ![shay\_katz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@shay\_katz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shay_katz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translog-files-cause-outofdiskspace/5547/4 "2011-10-10T09:23:23Z")
Is there any other way to solve this problem beside upgrading ES version? Does that means that every one with older version than 0.17.5 will encounter this Out Of disk space error in the long run? Thanks, Shay On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Benjamin Devèze [benjamin.deveze@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.deveze@gmail.com) wrote: > Which version of ES are you using? I think that before ES 0.17.5 old > transaction log files were not removed when flushing. ---
**Author:** ![ppearcy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ppearcy/32/980_2.png) [@ppearcy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppearcy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translog-files-cause-outofdiskspace/5547/5 "2011-10-10T22:26:08Z")
FWIW, I don't believe this is an issue pre 0.17.3 releases(https:// [When flushing, old transaction log is not removed · Issue #1180 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1180)). So, you can probably downgrade instead 🙂 On Oct 10, 3:23 am, shay katz [katzsh...@gmail.com](mailto:katzsh...@gmail.com) wrote: > Is there any other way to solve this problem beside upgrading ES version? > Does that means that every one with older version than 0.17.5 will > encounter this Out Of disk space error in the long run? > > Thanks, > Shay > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Benjamin Devèze > > [benjamin.dev...@gmail.com](mailto:benjamin.dev...@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Which version of ES are you using? I think that before ES 0.17.5 old > > transaction log files were not removed when flushing. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/translog-files-cause-outofdiskspace/5547/6 "2017-07-06T03:52:27Z")
Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:52am UTC